Sandy Hook News

A number of students from the Newtown High School Marching Band and Color Guard were asked to stay home from school on Monday by the school officials.

Some people may consider a bubble bath, a hike in the woods or a day at the beach as a sort of therapy, but for Lynn Carroll's clients, it's a renovated barn from 1794 in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown.

Vandals trashed more than 30 gravesites at the St. Rose of Lima Cemetery in Sandy Hook on Halloween, toppling monuments, uprooting decorations and pulling American flags off veterans' graves.

A younger generation attended and enjoyed the wine tasting event sponsored by Newtown Scholarship Association.

When I think about a vision for Newtown, I have to ask myself, what kind of town do I want to live in? I would like Newtown to be a place where people could start a family, raise that family and remain here after their children have grown.

Three Weeks Of Caring 10/22/2009 By Shannon Hicks Governor Rell recently announced a statewide Day of Caring & Compassion for Saturday, November 7. Residents across the state are invited to visit any of 15 fire stations in Connecticut that will be serving as collection centers that morning for donations of nonperishable foods to help replenish the ...

The spire of the original St Rose of Lima Catholic Church peak over the tree tops in this postcard donated to The Bee by reader Chris Spiro.

Chris Spiro shares this photo with The Bee. This house, known as the Fredrika House, and a former summer residence of stockbroker Edmund Gibson, stood on the site of the present Newtown United Methodist Church.

Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Lilla Dean ponders a point made at an October 1 P&Z session at which P&Z members discussed creating a set of environmental protection regulations covering applications for subdivisions and resubdivisions.

Inland Wetlands Commission members are reviewing voluminous technical information and considering numerous public comments that have been made about the controversial 38-lot Sherman Woods residential subdivision proposed for a 158-acre agrarian site in Sandy Hook, as they prepare to take action on the environmental protection aspects of the ...

Police have arrested a second teenager in connection with what initially had appeared to be a nighttime robbery last April at a laundromat in Sandy Hook Center.

Brian Haag, 37, of 43 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook, was arrested Monday on charges of driving while under the influence, driving on the left side of the highway on a curve or upgrade, and making a restricted turn without signaling.

Thanks to her husband's career, Kathryn Hanson of Newtown is experienced at starting book clubs.

Students and faculty at Reed Intermediate School - all 1,100 of them - created a huge peace sign and the word PEACE on the school's soccer field during Monday morning's kickoff to a year when Reed teachers plan to continue a theme of "Celebrate Peace All Year Long." Reed School Principal Sharon Epple hopes the theme will help link student learning ...

In their latest position paper, Democratic First Selectman Candidate Gary Fetzer and running mate Joseph Hemingway acknowledge local efforts to recruit companies that may seek to relocate to Newtown.

Reed Intermediate School's celebration of peace Monday was so large it could be seen from the sky.

Happy birthday to Joseph Dorrico! Mr Dorrico, who with his wife of 62 years, Mary, lived at Walnut Tree Village in Sandy Hook for several years, celebrated his 90th birthday recently.

Daniel Hasselberger doesn't wear a golden crown. He doesn't sit on a throne. But these days, 11-year-old Daniel feels like Sandy Hook royalty with his brand-new bedroom and brand-new bathroom.

In 1910, when this photo was taken, Cogera TMs Mill was still grinding grains for residents.

The Mocha Cafe in Sandy Hook is presenting "Leaves of Autumn," an exhibit of paintings by Kent artist James Napolean, through Sept.